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B. P. INFANTINO.

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APPLICATION FILED 3.14. 1919.

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BENJAMIN P. INFANTINO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July i8, 19212 Application filed February 14, 1919. rSerial No. 277,056.

T 0 all whom t may con-cern.'

Be it known that l. BENJAMIN P. INFANA` rINo, a citizen or' the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York.

is attached to the support directly on two of its edges, the attachment to the contiguous tiles being at the points where they are in turn directly attached to the support. Therefore, each tile may be said to be attached to the support along its tour edges and yet theY structure is such that the tiles may be applied successively and in rows as will appear below.

' oit tiles which is waterproof',

Vanother object is to provide a wall facing wherein the tiles may be laid in staggered order like bricks in a wall or one above another; and in either case half tiles areV provided tor use where necessary.V

Details are set 'forth below and attention is drawn to the drawings wherein- Figure l is an elevation of a section oi" wall facing constructed in accordance with this invention.

Figures 2 and 8 are horizontal sections on the lines 2-2 and 3 3 respectively thereof.

Figure et is an enlarged vertical section on the line JC-a ot Figure l.

YFigure, is a rear elevation showing three contiguous tiles in proper relative position about to be put together.

The support or wall is herein shown as a' series or uprights or studs l. Usually these studs are placed 16 inches apart, center to center, and if so the tiles may well be made 16 inches long and the half tiles about halt length, their upright dimension in either case being proportionate. l will here say that the tiles may be of any suitable material It is possible to make them of papiermch, asbestos, composition, wood, metal or concrete or clay, tired or not as desired; and in any case their outer surfaces will be ornamented in imitation of a consistent design which will be followed throughout the wall. These details, together with the proportions of parts, may lwell be left to the manufacturer. Each tile 2 is preferably dished or cupped at the back as shown at 3 to save material, render the tile light, and accommodate irregularities in the outer face oit the studs or other supports l. As herein shown, the front face of each tile is stippled to represent imitation stone work, and it is by preference beveled off along its four edgesy as indicated at 4. For turning corners as seen at the left ofFigures 2 and 3, appropriate tileswill be beveled off on their inner corners as indicated at 5, but this beveling oilq may be left to the mason or workman and will usually be quite roughly done, be-

cause as a rulecorners are covered with an upright angle piece. to protect them. Two edges of each tile are provided with tongues and they other edges with grooves. As seen in Figure 5 a tongue 6 extends along the upper edge and unites with a tongue eX- tending down one end, while a groove 8 eX- Another obgect 1s to provide a wall facing' tends along the lower edge and unites with a groove 9, extending up the other end. The tongues project beyond the rectangular contour of the tile itself and the grooves are within said contour as the dotted lines indicate; and the juncture is best brought out .in Figure 5. The tongues and the grooves are disposed about half way the thickness of the tile, or substantially so,and by pret'- erence their corners are rounded. It is the purpose to have the upper tongue ot' one tile project into the lower groove of another, and the end tongue of one tile project into the groove of the opposite Vend of the next contiguous tile.r Filling out that portion in rear of the tongue Sand midway the length of the upper edge of the tile is a lug 16 pierced with a hole as shown, and a similar lug 17 .is formed at the midlength of the tongue T. The rear wall of the groove S is cut away witha notch 18 at the midlength of the lower edge of the tile, andsimilarly a notch 19 cuts away the rear wall of the groove 9. Additional notches 20 may be andpreferably are formed in the rear wall of the lower grooves 8 at bot-h its eXtre1nities, or in other ywords at both lower corners of the tile. Such is the construction of the 'full tile. The half tile indicated at 2 in Figure l will have the end lug and notch and the corner notches, but the upper lug 16 and the lower notch 18 will be omitted.

In erecting a wall facing composed of tiles of this character, the first row across the studs is laid just above the sill. ln any event this row of tiles is laid end to eiidj1 a screw or fastening device being' passed inward through the'hole 2l in the lug i7 of the first tile before the next is applied. This screw holds the tile to the stud and when the next tile is applied, its groove 9 passes over the tongue 7 so that this end ci the second tile is held as firmly as the adjacent end of the .first tile which is screwed to the studding. Then the further end of the second tile is screwed to a proper stud in the same manner and the third tile is applied, an(l so on across the row. lf the wall facing is to imitate stone work wherein the blocks are disposed one directly above the other. the .nent row of tiles is applied in the same manner with each tile directly above the one in the first row. is the first tile is put inrplace, its lower groove 8 is passed over the upper tongue 6 of the first tile the first row and borne downward, and a screw is passed through its upper lug lo into the studding. :The groove in the second tile in the second row is then passed over the tongue of the second tile in the first row in the same manner and moved to the right up against the iirst tile so that its groove engage-s the tongue thereon and then another screw is passed through the uppermost lug y16 into the studding. This is continued completely across the second row. if the tiles are to be laid in staggered fashion like brick work, as shown in Figure l., a half tile 2 is first applied at the left of the second row. It mayy be necessary to pass a screw Q13 throughthe upper tongue 6 of this half tile as indicated in Figure l,r to hold it in place until a start can be made. Then the first tile is applied as shown in the saine view. One'of its lower corner notches Q0 tits against the lug i6 the top of the first tile in the first row, while its own lug lr6 at the top will strike a, stud l, and a screw 22 will be passed through this lue' thereinto. This isicontinued across the second row.y and then the third row is laid like the* first row. rlfhus it is obvious that the corner notches 20 are necessary where the tiles are staggered in contiguous rows because, while notch 18 comes direct-ly above a lug 16 when the tiles are superposedj a pair of notches 2O must come directly above a lug` 1G when the tiles are staggered. Neverthelessn the fastening screws are passed through the holes in the lug 16 in the upper side and the lug at the forward end of every tile as soon as it is put in place and before the next tiles are applied to cover the holes which are at this time exposed. Thus two sides of the tile are firmly held by its own screws, while the remaining twoare held by interengagement with the grooves and tongues of the nest tiles which themselves are held by their own screws as first stat-ed above.

In a `finished facing every tongue is covered by the outer wall of the groove in the tile adjacent. As seen in Figure 4, water running down the face of these tiles cannot enter because the upstanding tongue 6 of one tile fits into the downwardly opening groove 8 of the tile above, and the fact that this groove opens downward prevents it from trapping;` water. Even the fastening screws are concealed and protected ifroin the elements. There is no necessity for driving any fastening device through the rear wall of the groove and thus imperiling` the front wall by laying it liable to the accidental blows of the hammer. In fact. a wall facing made in accordance with my invention may be put up in a substantial and workinanlike manner and will not only afford ample protection to the building thus faced but will give a `good imitation of brick workr` stone work or whatever is carried out by the designs of the faces of the tiles themselves.

The foregoing description and drawings have reference to what may be considered the preferred or approved form of my invention. lt is to be understood that I may make such changes in construction and arrangement of parts, materials, dimensions7 et cetera.y as may prove expedient and fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus fully described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is f il tile luiving tongues approximately inidway of its thickness along its top and one end edge, and grooves along the bottom and other edge, said tongues each havingr a laterally extending portion constitutinga iiller lug having a portion arranged tlush with the back face of thc tile` cach tongue having an opening extending through the saine and the filler lug` for the insertion of a :fastening device, and the rear walls of the grooves beine provided with notches adapted to snuglj.Y .receive the iiller lugs of contiguous tile.

ln testimony whereof l afli; my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAl/HN P. lfNlf NTINO.

Witnesses CHARLES COSTANZO, JOHN COSTANZO. 

